I wanted to say this on the old thread, so I’m using your post to reply on this thread:
“I felt the reason was they would have had to staff the planes with people who wouldn’t be being paid so it wasn’t fair to make them work. Cuz otherwise I don’t understand. The Navy is not on shutdown. So what was the problem?”
The Navy isn’t on shutdown but the “winged staff” bartender is.
Recall the package-store bill debacle from a few years ago?